In my previous post I wrote about the air conditioning system at work. Well, at my workplace the climate is almost okay. (22 degrees C and no wind) But other colleagues complain a lot about the coldness and "windiness". The building is a sick one, I can tell you that.
The department which facilitates us does great work concerning customer relations. The responsible man advised a lady to take off her shirt when it's to warm or put on a jacket with the cold (!!!) That can't be serious, sexual harassment?
Of more importance is the Dutch election in 2 months. All the parties have made up their candidates list.
Some people on the lists have Turkish roots. Talking about the genocide among the Armenian minority in the early 20th century (500,000-1,000,000 Armenians were killed by Turks) the candidates denied the genocide. In the Netherlands we think the genocide took place. Now the 3 candidates were members of parties which accept the genocide as a fact. Denial would be not accepting the parties point of view. Than it's better not to be on the candidates list. So, the 3 candidates withdrew.
Turkey protested, saying that people in the Netherlands aren't free. Of course that is ridicule. Dutch Turks may think, say, the genocide didn't happen, but if you are on a party list other people can say if your opinion is adequate. For these 3 people it isn't.
Turkey still denies the manslaughter on the Armenians in the 21th century. It's a huge subject over there. Writers who say it happened can be jailed for years. Is that freedom of speech?
